Many
people have been contacting
us and asking
about
the recent tragedy
that has afflicted
the
country of
Haiti. On Tuesday
January
12,
2010
at about
5:00PM a
7.0
earthquake hit
the
island
of
Haiti
just
10 miles to
the
southwest
of the
capital
city of
Port au
Prince.
This has
devastated a
large
part of
the city
and
surrounding areas
where about 3 million
of the 9 million total
people reside. The
death toll could
reach
in the 100's of
thousands and will not
be
fully known for
weeks
or months
to
come.
What must be done?
- The first priority is to search and rescue the people
trapped in the wreckage.
- The second priority is medical assistance. There are
agencies and organizations on the ground
with more assistance on
its way to help.
- Then we have the need to feed the people.
How can we help?
- You can contribute right here and
we will see that all of those funds are
directed to the proper
organizations so
that your monies
will go the farthest.
What will Practical Compassion
do?
- We will be adding updates below as often as we can so please
come
back
to
visit
and
tell
all your
friends to
visit our site
as
well.
- We will be sending some of our directors (as soon as the
airlines permit) to Haiti to do what we
can and check up on the
Haitian people we
have been working
with over the
years.
